[Ksplice][Debian 6.0 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (2.6.32-48squeeze10)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: 2.6.32-48squeeze10 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2014-3185 CVE-2014-3687 CVE-2014-3688 CVE-2014-6410

Systems running Debian 6.0 Squeeze can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Debian kernel update, 2.6.32-48squeeze10.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Debian 6.0 Squeeze
install these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* Information leak in mac80211 when transferring fragmented packet.

A flaw in the mac80211 stack could result in leaking 8 bytes of plain text
in the air. An attacker, physically in the range of the WiFi network, could
use this flaw to obtain sensitive informations.


* CVE-2014-3185: Memory corruption in USB serial WhiteHEAD device driver.

The USB ConnectTech WhiteHEAT serial driver is vulnerable to a memory
corruption flaw. It could occur when reading completion commands via USB
Request Blocks buffers.

A local user with physical access to the system could use this flaw to
corrupt kernel memory area or crash the system kernel resulting in a
denial-of-service.


* CVE-2014-6410: Denial of service in UDF filesystem parsing.

The kernel UDF filesystem driver does not correctly validate indirect
inodes allowing a malicious user to cause a kernel panic by mounting a
UDF volume with deeply nested indirect inodes.


* CVE-2014-3688: Remote denial-of-service in SCTP stack by memory exhaustion.

A flaw in the SCTP stack could allow a remote attacker to force a SCTP
server to allocate big amounts of memory and trigger the kernel
out-of-memory killer, leading to a denial-of-service.


* CVE-2014-3687: Remote denial-of-service in SCTP stack.

A flaw in the SCTP stack when receiving duplicate ASCONF chunks leads to a
kernel panic. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.